jamesdhutton

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by jamesdhutton 1mo ago
For anyone unfamiliar with DONKEY.BAS: it’s notable for having been co-written by Bill Gates. More info on its history bere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DONKEY.BAS
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by jamesdhutton 9mo ago
The article makes this very point. From the article: “software has been industrialising for a long time: through reusable components (open source code), portability (containerisation, the cloud), democratisation (low-code / no-code too
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by jamesdhutton 9mo ago
Genuine question, not being sarcastic: why would someone want/need these downloads?
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Show HN: Housepoints(whirl.digital)
2 points by jamesdhutton 10mo ago|0 comments
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by jamesdhutton 10mo ago
I’m building a reward chart app for parents. See link below. I just submitted it yesterday for review the App Store and Google Play. Now I wait. Fingers crossed. https://whirl.digital/housepoints.html
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by jamesdhutton 1y ago
> You can write simple, readable, and maintainable code in C++ without ever needing to use templates, operator overloading, or any of the other more advanced features of the language. Maybe you can do that. But you are probably working
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by jamesdhutton 1y ago
In the USA, the postal service picks up outgoing mail from your mailbox. I wish they would do that in the UK.
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by jamesdhutton 1y ago
An app for parents to motivate their kids by awarding them points for good deeds. There are existing apps out there, but I tried them and didn't like them, so I'm building my own. This is a side project for me and I only get to sp
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by jamesdhutton 1y ago
@Tomek_zemla: The people in this thread are trying to help you. We are taking the time to tell you about our experience using your app. Feedback is a gift. Be grateful for it. Do not get defensive. If somebody tells you that they found your
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by jamesdhutton 1y ago
Speaking as a native English speaker from London: I can assure you that most Brits would get this question wrong. It is true that Brits use "jolly" to mean "very" but it is, as you've noted, informal. Brits do not u
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by jamesdhutton 1y ago
I think your game has potential but, at present, the questions are too hard and the answers are sometimes simply wrong. Example: Q: Find the noun matching the following definition: "A burden or responsibility." A: Saddle This is
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by jamesdhutton 1y ago
Ahhh. Proper noun though right? I would suggest excluding proper nouns.
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by jamesdhutton 1y ago
It was fun. Couple of suggestions: - It gave me “TCAAN” which stumped me. Afterwards I pasted it into the Internet Anagram Server, which failed to find any acronyms for it. So I can say with some confidence I don’t think it’s a valid word.
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by jamesdhutton 1y ago
Yeah Nvidia and Linux don’t play together nicely. I discovered that the hard way too. I switched to AMD and it’s been smooth sailing ever since.
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by jamesdhutton 1y ago
I’m currently coding a Flutter app on a 15-year-old Dell desktop, running Linux. The experience is great. I’m running latest versions of VS Code, Flutter, you name it. It’s nice and snappy and a joy to use. I’ve upgraded RAM, SSDs, GPU over
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Microsoft punts plan for new AI 365 bundles(businessinsider.com)
1 points by jamesdhutton 2y ago|0 comments
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by jamesdhutton 2y ago
I don't think this article provides enough context to draw conclusions about why sales are down for Boeing. Are airline sales down for everyone, or just for Boeing? Is Boeing losing market share? Are airlines cancelling orders?
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by jamesdhutton 2y ago
Would love to try it but, knowing nothing about Java, I don't know how to run it. Could you add instructions to your github page on how to run it?
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by jamesdhutton 2y ago
Exactly this. It's all about trade-offs. You need to pick the right tool for the job. Sometimes the right tool is dangerous. Knives are dangerous tools, but you need them if you want to cook a meal.
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by jamesdhutton 2y ago
And it's a perfect match to Sun's slogan: "The Network is the Computer."
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by jamesdhutton 2y ago
Downloaded it. It wants my email, date of birth, full name and access to all my photos, before it will let me use it. Way too much info. Delete app. Shame because it seems like a nice idea.
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by jamesdhutton 2y ago
I want to be a bit contrarian here. I buy books on my Kindle all the time. I always download a sample before buying. I do recall a couple of occasions where I got a sample that was one of the garbage books that this article is talking about
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Odysseus Spacecraft Launches in Bid for First U.S. Moon Landing Since 1972(wsj.com)
1 points by jamesdhutton 3y ago|1 comments
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Why are most of the common processors' bit counts powers of 2?(superuser.com)
3 points by jamesdhutton 3y ago|0 comments
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by jamesdhutton 3y ago
I used Pandoc recently to convert a large Word document into markdown. It took a lot of babysitting and manual tweaking to get to the final result. Overall it probably still saved me time compared to doing the conversion manually, but only
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by jamesdhutton 3y ago
As others here have noted, the challenge with paying salespeople to close the deal is that you create perverse incentives. In enterprise software sales, the salesperson has every incentive to make impossible-to-keep promises about what the
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Substack's woes deepen as tech blog leaves over Nazi content(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by jamesdhutton 3y ago|1 comments
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by jamesdhutton 3y ago
It's not a myth. It's a fact. The whole point of any for-profit company is to generate a return for the company's owners. Companies which fail to do so go out of business. It has always been thus. As for the notion that Boein
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by jamesdhutton 3y ago
This is a shame. Castro is (was?) the best podcast app from a UX perspective, IMO. I have used it almost daily for years. I never upgraded to the paid, premium, version though, which I guess could be a clue to its demise. I guess it’s hard
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by jamesdhutton 3y ago
In "Brave New World," all the music is made by machines. We are approaching that dystopia. For me, much of the pleasure in listening to music lies in appreciating the virtuosity of the musicians. It's like watching a great te

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